Samuel Cook Silliman

Samuel Cook Silliman
Samuel Cook Silliman
Member of the; Connecticut House of Representatives; from Norwalk
Personal details
Born	November 12, 1742
Died	February 14, 1795 (aged 53); New Canaan, Connecticut
Resting place	Lakeview Cemetery,; New Canaan, Connecticut
Spouse	Elizabeth Stratton (m. Nov. 26, 1765) Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792)
Military service
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War

Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.

He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:

May 1779
May 1780, October 1780
October 1781, May 1782
May 1783, October 1783
October 1784, May 1785, October 1785
October 1786, May 1787, October 1787
October 1788, May 1789, October 1789
May 1791
May 1792, October 1792
May 1794, October 1794

Constitutional delegate

On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution. Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.

References

↑ Find A Grave
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
↑ "Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Conventioin". teachingamericanhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.

Preceded by

Thomas Belden
Samuel Comstock

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1794–1795
With: Taylor Sherman,
Eliphalet Lockwood

Succeeded by

Taylor Sherman
Eliphalet Lockwood

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Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1792–1793
With: Job Bartram,
Samuel Comstock

Succeeded by

Thomas Belden
Samuel Comstock

Preceded by

Eliphalet Lockwood
Job Bartram

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1791
With: Eliphalet Lockwood

Succeeded by

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Preceded by

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Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1788–1790
With: Thomas Belden,
Thaddeus Betts

Succeeded by

Eliphalet Lockwood
Job Bartram

Preceded by

Thaddeus Betts
Hezekiah Rogers

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1786–1788
With: Eliphalet Lockwood,
Thomas Belden,
Hezekiah Rogers

Succeeded by

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Preceded by

Thaddeus Betts
Stephen St. John

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1784–1786
With: Stephen St. John,
Thaddeus Betts

Succeeded by

Thaddeus Betts
Hezekiah Rogers

Preceded by

Stephen St. John
James Richards

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1783–1784
With: Stephen St. John,
Clapp Raymond

Succeeded by

Stephen St. John
Thaddeus Betts

Preceded by

Stephen St. John
Matthew Mead

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1781–1782
With: Stephen St. John,
Eliphalet Lockwood

Succeeded by

Stephen St. John
James Richards

Preceded by

Stephen St. John
Matthew Mead

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1780–1781
With: Stephen St. John

Succeeded by

Stephen St. John
Matthew Mead

Preceded by

Stephen St. John
Clapp Raymond

Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1779
With: Matthew Mead

Succeeded by

Clapp Raymond
James Richards

[1] Find A Grave

[roll-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881

[3] "Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Conventioin". teachingamericanhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.